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Volume 18, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor, Tom Pusateri Editor
Volume 18, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor, Linda M. Noble Editor, Tom Pusateri Editor
Reaching Through Teaching
Full text of Volume 18, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.
Establishing A Lifelong Learning System By Developing Higher Vocational Education: A Case Of China, Jie Xiong
Establishing A Lifelong Learning System By Developing Higher Vocational Education: A Case Of China, Jie Xiong
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper reveals that higher vocational education (HVE) is playing a key role for establishing a lifelong learning system in China. Discussions are based on the theory that higher education is at the core to build a lifelong learning system with a focus on the concept of vertical integration.
The Power Of One: Engagement As The Key To Highly Effective Clinical Instruction, Dan Pratt, Ric Arseneau
The Power Of One: Engagement As The Key To Highly Effective Clinical Instruction, Dan Pratt, Ric Arseneau
Adult Education Research Conference
Twenty-two medical students and forty-one clinical faculty speculated on the results of an unusual study. Their speculations resulted in fourteen factors and six propositions that describe the nature of highly effective clinical teaching.
Afit 2007, Air Force Institute Of Technology, Mark Matthews
Afit 2007, Air Force Institute Of Technology, Mark Matthews
AFIT Documents
No abstract provided.
Hiding In Plain Sight: Higher Education Pink And Blue Collar Staff Experiences As Returning Adult Learners, Workers, And Family Members, Susan J. Bracken, Jeanie K. Allen
Hiding In Plain Sight: Higher Education Pink And Blue Collar Staff Experiences As Returning Adult Learners, Workers, And Family Members, Susan J. Bracken, Jeanie K. Allen
Adult Education Research Conference
This study focuses upon a sometimes invisible subset of adult learners: higher education staff members. The participant interviews are part of a pilot study intended to create increased understanding of how these unique adult learners experience their environments. This paper focuses upon one central work/school theme, ‘knowing your place’.
The Politics Of Poverty: Higher Education And Low Income Adult Learners, Catherine A. Hansman
The Politics Of Poverty: Higher Education And Low Income Adult Learners, Catherine A. Hansman
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss the growing trends in higher education in the United States that narrow educational opportunities for poor and working-class adult learners.
University Of Nebraska At Omaha Spring Strategic Planning Advance, Monday, May 8, 2006, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
University Of Nebraska At Omaha Spring Strategic Planning Advance, Monday, May 8, 2006, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness
Strategic Planning Forums
University of Nebraska at Omaha Spring Strategic Planning Advance, Monday, May 8, 2006.
Pre-Service Teacher Education In Central Asia, Jamal Papieva
Pre-Service Teacher Education In Central Asia, Jamal Papieva
Book Chapters / Conference Papers
This paper presents the nature of pre-service teacher education in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia, a case of Kyrgyzstan; highlights the main issues and discuses the possibilities and approaches undertaken for improving pre-service teacher education. After Central Asian republics gained independence, their higher education was challenged by broad changes in political and economic life, and by the destruction of their ideological values. In general, higher education was always part of the bigger Soviet system of education. All principles of higher education structurization, its missions and goals, its strategy and main curriculum requirements were centrally developed in Moscow, and then sent …
Bridgewater State College Factbook, 2005-2006, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater State College Factbook, 2005-2006, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Factbook
No abstract provided.
University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg
University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg
Mark I. Greenberg
No abstract provided.
Harnessing Innovative Technologies In Higher Education, Kathleen P. King, Joan K. Griggs
Harnessing Innovative Technologies In Higher Education, Kathleen P. King, Joan K. Griggs
Kathleen P King
This publication is an attempt to capture the evolution of distributed higher education over the last decade by tracing the applications of new technologies funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). As FIPSE surveyed the current state of distance/distributed education, there existed an opportunity to help post econdary education make the transition to this new generation of distance education made possible by the explosive growth of the Internet and other new technologies. These technologies created the potential for students to access learning that was interactive, customized, and self-paced; to more easily merge lifelong learning with the …
Thinking Style Differences Of Female College And University Presidents: A National Study, Melanie S. Jones
Thinking Style Differences Of Female College And University Presidents: A National Study, Melanie S. Jones
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to identify thinking style preferences of female college and university presidents and determine if differences in thinking style exist with regard to the independent variables of Carnegie classification, institutional control, highest academic degree earned, academic background/specialty, age, and total years of presidential experience. The Inquiry Mode Questionnaire (InQ) and a demographic data form were distributed to all 595 female presidents with institutions classified as Associate’s or higher by the Carnegie system. Responses were received from 369 (62.02%), with 328 (55.13%) utilized for data analysis. Descriptive statistics, MANOVA and ANOVA tests were used to address …
Common Data Set, 2006-2007, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Common Data Set, 2006-2007, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Common Data Sets
No abstract provided.
Community Partner Indicators Of Engagement: An Action Research Study On Campus-Community Partnership, Sean J. Creighton
Community Partner Indicators Of Engagement: An Action Research Study On Campus-Community Partnership, Sean J. Creighton
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
The central purpose of this research study was to develop common indicators of engagement for civic initiatives between institutions of higher education and their community organization partners. The unique aspect of this study was that the indicators were generated by the community organizations participating as stakeholders in campus-community partnerships. Using an action research methodology that involved eleven community organization participants from the health and wellness sector, the study advocated for research that provided a deeper understanding of the perspectives of community organizations. Findings suggested that significant divides existed in core civic areas dealing with service-learning, relevance of academic research, and …
Harnessing Innovative Technologies In Higher Education: Access, Equity, Policy & Instruction, Kathleen P. King, Joan K. Griggs
Harnessing Innovative Technologies In Higher Education: Access, Equity, Policy & Instruction, Kathleen P. King, Joan K. Griggs
Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications
This publication is an attempt to capture the evolution of distributed higher education over the last decade by tracing the applications of new technologies funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). As FIPSE surveyed the current state of distance/distributed education, there existed an opportunity to help post econdary education make the transition to this new generation of distance education made possible by the explosive growth of the Internet and other new technologies. These technologies created the potential for students to access learning that was interactive, customized, and self-paced; to more easily merge lifelong learning with the …
Ied And The University Partnership: The Oxford Experience, Richard Pring
Ied And The University Partnership: The Oxford Experience, Richard Pring
Book Chapters / Conference Papers
No abstract provided.
University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg
University Of South Florida: The First Fifty Years, 1956-2006, Mark I. Greenberg
Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
No abstract provided.